Aust's Modern Treaty Law and Practice

The book is a single, practical, comprehensive guide to treaty making. It draws on the latest international treaties practice.

Jeremy Hill (Author)

9781009186940, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 6 April 2023

608 pages
25 x 17.5 x 3.6 cm, 1.17 kg

'Jeremy Hill's deep expertise and safe hands guide us through a much needed refresh to an essential desk guide for anyone involved or interested in the treaty drafting and making process. At a time of growing nationalism, this book is a timely reminder of how interconnected and interdependent our world is, and the role of treaties to help address global challenges that transcend boundaries.' Rashmin Sagoo, Director of the International Law Programme, Chatham House

This new edition of a textbook first published in 2000 provides a comprehensive account of the law of treaties from the viewpoint of two experienced practitioners. It draws on the combined experience of Anthony Aust, the original author, and Jeremy Hill, until recently Legal Counsellor in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, London. The book provides a wealth of examples of the problems experienced with treaties on a daily basis. The authors explore numerous precedents from treaties and other related documents, such as non-legally binding instruments. Using clear and accessible language, the authors cover the full extent of treaty law, with both practitioners and students in mind. Modern Treaty Law and Practice is essential reading for officials in governments and international organisations, lawyers practising in international law, and teachers and students of law, political science, international relations and diplomacy who have an interest in treaties.

Introduction
1. Vienna convention on the law of treaties 1969
2. What is a treaty?
3. Non-binding instruments
4. Capacity to conclude treaties
5. Full powers
6. Adoption and authentication
7. Consent to be bound
8. Reservations
9. Entry into force
10. Treaties and domestic law
11. Territorial application
12. Successive treaties
13. Interpretation
14. Third states
15. Amendment
16. Duration and termination
17. Invalidity
18. The depositary
19. Registration and publication
20. Dispute settlement and remedies
21. Succession to treaties
22. International organisations
23. Drafting and final clauses
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: United Nations & UN agencies [JPSN1]